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• M.I.A. coaches her artificial doppelganger in the music video for ‘Popular’

  19-08-2022 23:00 via nme.com
  
  M.I.A. has released an official music video for her single ‘Popular’, the most recent taste of her forthcoming album ‘MATA’.
  Directed by Arnaud Bresson (Kanye West, Beabadoobee), the ‘Popular’ music video sees M.I.A. direct her artificial doppelganger – referred to in a press release as an “influencer-bot-in-training” called M.A.I. – in how to walk, talk, move, dance and inspire just like M.I.A. does.
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• Composer Pinar Toprak Reveals ‘Thursday Night Football’ Theme Song for Prime Video

  19-08-2022 22:52 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Female composer Pinar Toprak has created the ‘Thursday Night Football’ theme song. She’s the first woman to compose an original piece for an NFL media package. Prime Video announced the Emmy-nominated composer (Captain Marvel, Fortnite) has been commissioned to create an original score and theme music for the streaming exclusive coverage of ‘Thursday Night Football.’ […]
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• Lindsey Buckingham Will Return to the Road This Fall

  19-08-2022 22:48 via rollingstone.com
  
  Former Fleetwood Mac member released his self-titled solo album last year
  
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• Rebeat Innovation Hits Pause on ‘HD Vinyl’ Initiative After Disappointing Initial Sound Quality Tests 

  19-08-2022 22:14 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Austrian music company founder Guenter Loibl has been forced to suspend his ambitious ‘HD Vinyl’ research initiative due to disappointing audio fidelity tests, according to the company and filings with the Austrian government. The HD Vinyl project was first hatched as a separately-funded R&D initiative within Rebeat Innovation GmBH in 2018, with Rebeat founder and […]
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• The Worst Songs Ever, From ‘Blurred Lines’ to ‘Twinkle Twinkle Little Bitch’

  19-08-2022 22:13 via rollingstone.com
  
  Some songs are truly, undeniably terrible, as Leah Kate's TikTok anti-sensation "Twinkle Twinkle" proves. But in 2022, can we ever be truly confident in naming the worst songs of all time?
  
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• Los Bukis Bassist ‘Chivo’ Cortez ‘Okay’ After Suffering ‘Minor Fracture’ During L.A. Show

  19-08-2022 22:05 via rollingstone.com
  
  The legendary Mexican group returned to the Coliseum, where they gave their farewell concert before disbanding in 1996
  
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• John Mayer ‘Born & Raised’ Livestream Concert: How to Watch the Benefit Show Online

  19-08-2022 22:05 via rollingstone.com
  
  The singer will play an acoustic set of his 2012 album to raise money for local area flood relief in Montana
  
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• Post Malone Attorneys Accuse Plaintiff of Concealing and Modifying ‘Critical Texts’ in ‘Circles’ Copyright Infringement Battle

  19-08-2022 21:46 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Post Malone and his legal team have officially accused the plaintiff in a “Circles” copyright infringement lawsuit of committing “egregious discovery violations” by concealing and modifying “critical evidence.” This shocking twist in the years-running dispute just recently came to light in a motion for discovery sanctions submitted by the counsel of Post Malone and “Circles” […]
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• Matt Duffer didn't expect Kate Bush song to resonate with so many after Stranger Things use

  19-08-2022 21:31 via music-news.com
  
  Matt Duffer insists there won''t be another ''Kate Bush moment'' on Stranger Things.
  
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• Madison Square Garden Revenues Double While Operating Losses Top $100 Million

  19-08-2022 21:31 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Madison Square Garden revenues double during the latest fiscal year — but operating losses top $100 million. Madison Square Garden Entertainment reported financial results for the latest fiscal year that ended on June 30, 2022. The fourth quarter was highlighted by an expansive calendar of events at the company’s performance venues, resulting in impressive revenue […]
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• Sonorous Trident to Join Formosa Group After Streamland Media Acquisition

  19-08-2022 21:20 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Streamland Media has acquired London-based sound facility Sonorous Trident. The company will join Streamland Media’s sound division, Formosa Group, expanding its talent roster and resources in the UK.  In launching Sonorous Trident into a pre-eminent sound facility, the company’s founders, industry legends Mike Prestwood Smith and Howard Bargroff (pictured), acquired a top team of artists […]
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• Lorde Finally Leaves the Beach in New ‘Oceanic Feeling’ Video

  19-08-2022 20:48 via rollingstone.com
  
  The singer-songwriter hops on a boat and rows away from the shore in the new visual for the Solar Power closer
  
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• Listen to Stefflon Don and Spice’s carnival-inspired new single, ‘Clockwork’

  19-08-2022 20:30 via nme.com
  
  Stefflon Don has shared a new song with Spice today (August 19) called ‘Clockwork’ – check it out below.READ MORE: Stefflon Don on what it’s like to have your house on MTV CribsThe carnival-inspired song is the first from Stefflon Don’s upcoming debut album, ‘Island 54’. No release date has yet been announced but it is promised to arrive “later this year”.
  The new song was produce by Beam, and the song’s video, which you can see be
  
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• Panic! At the Disco’s ‘Viva Las Vengeance’ Is an Audacious Classic-Rock Throwback…With a Heart!

  19-08-2022 20:28 via rollingstone.com
  
  Brendon Urie's latest nods to (and sometimes just borrows from) many bygone eras.
  
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• Panic! At the Disco’s ‘Viva La Vengeance’ Is an Audacious Classic-Rock Throwback…With a Heart!

  19-08-2022 20:28 via rollingstone.com
  
  Brendon Urie's latest nods to (and sometimes just borrows from) many bygone eras.
  
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• China’s Cloud Music Narrows Financial Losses As Subscribers Spike

  19-08-2022 20:25 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Cloud Music Inc. has announced its financial results for the first half of 2022, showcasing subscriber growth. Cloud Music says its online music services monthly active users (MAUs) stood at 181.9 million. The company says its ratio of DAU/MAU stayed well above 30% in the same period. The company grew revenues for the first half […]
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• ‘I’m Probably Like Five Percent Healed’: How Westside Boogie Learned to Accept His Own Growth

  19-08-2022 20:19 via rollingstone.com
  
  Following the release of his album More Black Superheroes, the Compton MC discusses the self-reflection it took to get there
  
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• Elton John and Britney Spears share cover art for new collaboration

  19-08-2022 20:19 via nme.com
  
  Elton John and Britney Spears have shared the cover art for their upcoming collaboration, ‘Hold Me Closer’. Check it out below.READ MORE: Controlling Britney Spears review: toxic conservatorship back under the microscopeLast week, reps for both artists sent out a release stating the pair had worked on a joint track together. The confirmation followed multiple claims that the pair were “secretly recording” a new version of John’s 1972 single ‘Tin
  
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• Rapper Young Thug Denied Bond in Latest Court Hearing

  19-08-2022 19:55 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  An Atlanta court has denied rapper Young Thug bond for the second time. Young Thug, real name Jeffrey Williams, is accused of being a leader of the Young Slime Life street gang. Last week, a grand jury indicted the rapper on six more charges related to gang activity, drugs, and firearm violations. The trial is […]
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• Deleted Ice Scene in ‘Almost Famous’ Inspired a New Duet for the Broadway Musical

  19-08-2022 19:27 via rollingstone.com
  
  Penny Lane and Russell Hammond's late-night dialogue now appears in the adaptation's latest single, "The Night-Time Sky's Got Nothing on You"
  
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• Deleted Ice Cube Scene in ‘Almost Famous’ Inspired a New Duet for the Broadway Musical

  19-08-2022 19:27 via rollingstone.com
  
  Penny Lane and Russell Hammond's late-night dialog now appears in the adaptation's latest single, "The Night-Time Sky's Got Nothing on You"
  
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• Listen to PJ Harvey’s haunting cover of Leonard Cohen’s ‘Who By Fire’

  19-08-2022 19:23 via nme.com
  
  PJ Harvey has shared a haunting new cover of Leonard Cohen’s ‘Who By Fire’ – listen to it below.READ MORE: Sharon Horgan: “I still give a shit – but way less of a shit than I used to”The song was recorded with composer Tim Phillips for the new Apple TV+ series, Bad Sisters.
  The first two episodes of Bad Sisters are available on Apple TV+ now, with new episodes debuting each Friday until October 14.
  In a press release, Harvey said of the cover:
  
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• Condoms, Perreo, and ‘Leche AA:’ Tokischa and Anuel Get Hella Horny on ‘Delincuente’

  19-08-2022 19:08 via rollingstone.com
  
  Anuel AA and girlfriend Yailín La Más Virál lick each other's tongues
  
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• Panic! at the Disco’s Brendon Urie Engages in a Medieval Dance Battle in ‘Sad Clown’ Video

  19-08-2022 18:28 via rollingstone.com
  
  Clip accompanies the release of the group's seventh album, Viva Las Vengeance
  
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• Eddie Vedder Celebrates Joe Strummer’s 70th With ‘Long Shadow’ Cover

  19-08-2022 18:21 via rollingstone.com
  
  Also, hear a previously unreleased Mescaleros song, "Fantastic," which was one of the last Strummer recorded before his death in 2002
  
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• Sam Fender, Wet Leg, Self Esteem and more to perform at 2022 Mercury Prize ceremony

  19-08-2022 17:56 via nme.com
  
  Sam Fender, Wet Leg, Self Esteem and more are all set to perform at next month’s 2022 Mercury Prize ceremony in London.READ MORE: Mercury Prize 2022: why each nominee deserves to winLast month (July 26), the 12 albums that have been shortlisted for the Album Of The Year award were announced, including Harry Styles’ ‘Harry’s House’, Little Simz’s ‘Sometimes I Might be Introvert’, Sam Fender’s ‘Seventeen Going Under’,
  
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• Fat Joe is Prepping a One-Man Stand-Up Show to Accompany His New Memoir

  19-08-2022 17:56 via rollingstone.com
  
  Live performance will feature an introduction from Dave Chappelle
  
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• Major Labels Voice Support For AB 2799, California’s ‘Rap Lyrics’ Law — Hip-Hop ‘Lyrics Are Too Often – And Unfairly – Taken Literally’

  19-08-2022 17:23 via digitalmusicnews.com
  The major labels – Universal Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment, and Warner Music Group – are officially pushing for the passage of a bill that would attempt to insulate rappers in certain situations from criminal liability stemming from the lyrics of their songs. The Big Three labels just recently expressed their support for the measure […]
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• Muse announce ‘Will Of The People’ UK stadium tour for 2023

  19-08-2022 16:41 via nme.com
  
  Muse have today (August 19) unveiled details of a new UK stadium tour for 2023.READ MORE: Muse at Mad Cool 2022: five supermassive highlightsThe band will hit the road in 2023, playing stadium gigs in Plymouth, Huddersfield, Glasgow and Milton Keynes. Royal Blood will support on each of the dates except Glasgow.
  Tickets for the gigs go on sale on August 26 at 9am here. Anyone who has pre-ordered Muse’s new album ‘Will Of The People‘ through their store will receive a unique cod
  
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• Red Hot Chili Peppers to receive Global Icon Award at MTV Video Music Awards

  19-08-2022 16:31 via music-news.com
  
  The band will also perform during the show for the first time since 2000.
  
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• Pixies on having curry with and being covered by David Bowie

  19-08-2022 15:53 via nme.com
  
  Pixies have told NME about going for curry with David Bowie and having the legend cover one of their songs.
  This week, the alt-rock legends took NME‘s Does Rock ‘N’ Roll Kill Braincells?! challenge, where veteran artists are quizzed about their history in the music industry.READ MORE: Does Rock ‘N’ Roll Kill Braincells?! – PixiesDuring the interview, frontman Black Francis and drummer David Lovering were asked about Bowie covering Pixies’ ‘Cactus&r
  
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• Harry Styles talks Joni Mitchell, The Cribs writing for One Direction and more in Nardwuar interview

  19-08-2022 15:27 via nme.com
  
  Harry Styles has been interviewed by Nardwuar – check out the interview below, in which he discusses Joni Mitchell, The Cribs and more.READ MORE: The Cribs on the songs they wrote for One Direction but kept for themselvesThe interview took place backstage at Coachella earlier this year, where Styles played a pair of headline sets, in which he covered One Direction with Lizzo and was joined by Shania Twain.
  During their interview, Styles told Nardwuar about the time he went to Joni Mitchell
  
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• Harry Styles Got a Vintage One Direction Toothbrush, Fleetwood Mac 8-Track Out of His Nardwuar Interview

  19-08-2022 15:22 via rollingstone.com
  
  The self-proclaimed "Human Serviette" also gifted the singer an Elvis Presley seven-inch and a slightly creepy action figure
  
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• 50 Best Metallica Songs

  19-08-2022 15:02 via rollingstone.com
  
  From Eighties thrash to stadium-filling Nineties anthems, and beyond
  
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• Björk reveals that her new album is called ‘Fossora’

  19-08-2022 14:07 via nme.com
  
  Björk has revealed the title of her new album ‘Fossora’, and discussed how it concerns the death of her mother in 2018.
  In a new interview with The Guardian, the Icelandic singer officially announced the follow-up to 2017’s ‘Utopia’, which is touted to arrive this autumn.
  Two songs from the record, ‘Sorrowful Soil’ and ‘Ancestress’, are said to be directed tributes to the singer’s mother, Hildur Rúna Hauksdóttir, who
  
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• Björk reveals that her name album is called ‘Fossora’

  19-08-2022 14:07 via nme.com
  
  Björk has revealed the title of her new album ‘Fossora’, and discussed how it concerns the death of her mother in 2018.
  In a new interview with The Guardian, the Icelandic singer officially announced the follow-up to 2017’s ‘Utopia’, which is touted to arrive this autumn.
  Two songs from the record, ‘Sorrowful Soil’ and ‘Ancestress’, are said to be directed tributes to the singer’s mother, Hildur Rúna Hauksdóttir, who
  
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• PJ Harvey Offers Lush Cover of Leonard Cohen’s ‘Who by Fire’

  19-08-2022 13:49 via rollingstone.com
  
  Song was recorded with composer Tim Phillips for Apple TV+ series Bad Sisters
  
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• Björk Announces Grief-Inspired New Album ‘Fossora’

  19-08-2022 13:32 via rollingstone.com
  
  Icelandic singer's follow-up to her 2017 LP, Utopia, will be out this fall
  
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• Travis Barker tests positive for Covid-19 two months after hospitalisation

  19-08-2022 13:26 via music-news.com
  
  Travis Barker simply stated that "Covid sucks" on his Instagram.
  
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• YUNGBLUD to offer mental health support at arena shows

  19-08-2022 13:04 via music-news.com
  
  YUNGBLUD will be offering mental health support to fans who need it at his 2023 concerts.
  
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• Taylor Swift's 'focus and joy' in the studio rubbed off on Aaron Dessner

  19-08-2022 13:04 via music-news.com
  
  Aaron Dessner has revealed he learned a great deal working with Taylor Swift.
  
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• Sam Ryder shares soulful new single Somebody

  19-08-2022 13:04 via music-news.com
  
  Sam Ryder has followed up 'Space Man' with the uplifting tune 'Somebody'.
  
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• Sam Fender and Wet Leg among 2022 Mercury Prize performers

  19-08-2022 13:04 via music-news.com
  
  Harry Styles won't perform live at the Mercury Prize Awards Show, but Sam Fender, Wet Leg, and many more will.
  
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• Rising indie rockers The Native drop new EP Looking Back

  19-08-2022 13:04 via music-news.com
  
  The Native have shared the new EP 'Looking Back' and announced an appearance on 'Soccer AM'.
  
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• Frances Bean Cobain reflects on near-death experience to mark 30th birthday

  19-08-2022 13:00 via nme.com
  
  Frances Bean Cobain has marked her 30th birthday by sharing a statement in which she reflects on a near-death experience from five years ago.
  In 2017, the daughter of Kurt Cobain was on a flight when one of the engines caught fire. “I promised myself that if I made it through, that I would no longer try to escape the moments of my life,” she wrote in a statement at the time.
  Now, she has marked her 30th birthday by taking to Instagram and sharing what she has learned in the half-deca
  
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• Woman testifies she was abused 'hundreds' of times by R. Kelly while underage

  19-08-2022 12:51 via music-news.com
  
  The woman testified that she is the underage girl in the videotape at the centre of R. Kelly's 2008 child pornography trial.
  
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• Offset Celebrates His High-Flying Success on New Single ‘5 4 3 2 1’

  19-08-2022 12:22 via rollingstone.com
  
  Track marks the rapper's first new solo music since 2019's Father of 4
  
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• Here are the stage times for The Chemical Brothers and Kraftwerk at All Points East 2022

  19-08-2022 12:18 via nme.com
  
  This Saturday (August 20), Field Day takes over All Points East in London’s Victoria Park with The Chemical Brothers and Kraftwerk. Check out the full stage and performance times below.READ MORE: Does Rock ‘N’ Roll Kill Braincells?! – Kraftwerk’s Karl BartosAcross seven stages, the day also sees performances from Peggy Gou, Floating Points, Daniel Avery and many more.
  The Chemical Brothers will close the festival’s East Stage, preceded by a headline performanc
  
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• Listen to Greentea Peng’s spiritual new song ‘Look To Him’

  19-08-2022 12:12 via nme.com
  
  Greentea Peng has returned with a spiritual new song called ‘Look To Him’ – listen below.READ MORE: Greentea Peng: hallucinogenic blend of soul, dub and the vibes of the natural worldThe new track follows the track ‘Your Mind’, which was shared back in March, and is a precursor to a new project from the singer that is touted to drop “imminently”.
  “‘Look To Him’ explores the idea of originality and the notion of tapping into source
  
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• Hear Nathaniel Rateliff’s Soulful Cover of Leonard Cohen’s ‘Famous Blue Raincoat’

  19-08-2022 11:31 via rollingstone.com
  
  Song will appear on forthcoming compilation, Here It Is: A Tribute to Leonard Cohen
  
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